Statistical Monitoring of Suicides in the U.S. Armed Forces - U.S. Navy. NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOLby Matthew K. MartinThis study models DoD suicides as a Poisson process to detect departures from usual variation using a self-starting control chart scheme. Methods are implemented in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet with Visual Basic macros for ease of use. Persistent shifts in the process mean are detected in the following months for each service component.Army: August 1985 (increase), September 1987 (decrease), April 1991 (increase), November 1997 (decrease), and September 2001 (decrease).Navy...Keywords:suicide; US Marine CorpsDownloads: 13

RESEARCH PROTECTIONS UPDATE Vol. 4 Number 3 SUMMER 2013 - U.S. Navy. Department of the Navy Human Research Protection ProgramNews and Comment on the Protection of Human Subjects in Navy and MarineCorps ResearchHRPP for the CorpsFOCUS on U.S. MarineCorps: Senior officers of the MarineCorps Combat Development and Integration Branch of Headquarters, MarineCorps discuss the Corps’ planning for the “over the horizon” future.COMNAVSEA signs out HRPP instructionYasenchak takes over interim Education and Training Role.Keywords:human research protection; U.S. Marine CorpsDownloads: 7

Therapy Dogs: Meet Lucca - U.S. Navy. Bureau of Medicine and SurgeryLt. j.g. Brendan Finton, psychology doctoral student, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences."Therapy dogs, on the other hand, provide emotional support and brighten the days of patients of all kinds, to include military veterans.""Within the MarineCorps, there is currently an exceptional retired military working dog, Lucca. Lucca served six years in the United States MarineCorps and during that time she deployed twice to Iraq and once to Afghanistan as a Specialized Search Dog, find...Keywords:US Marine Corps; psychology; Navy Medicine Live BlogDownloads: 5

Immunizations Awareness Month: Naval Hospital Beaufort - U.S. Navy. Bureau of Medicine and SurgeryBy Lt. Cmdr Shawn Garcia, MD, MPH, Naval Hospital Beaufort."The U.S. military has long been a leader in the prevention of infectious diseases for the purpose of Force Health Protection. A modern success is the adenovirus vaccine, which has proven that a well crafted vaccine given to a targeted, susceptible population can have an enormous impact on their overall health. The intervention of Naval Hospital Beaufort’s Public Health Directorate for U.S...Keywords:vaccination; US Marine Corps; NH Beaufort; Navy Medicine Live Blog

Bullet Bob Daley: In My Own Words - The Social Voice ProjectBob Daley was sixteen years old when he learned that his brother had been taken prisoner by the Japanese on the Bataan Peninsula. Too young to enlist, Bob falsified his birth certificate and joined the Marines. At seventeen, he landed with the 4th Marine Division on Saipan. Carrying a BAR, he stumbled across a T-97 Medium Japanese Tank and took its inhabitants prisoner, which was forbidden by his sergeant because of the danger; out of 25,000 Japanese on Saipan, fewer than 1,000 surrendered...Keywords:WW II; oral history; veterans; US Marine Corps; Saipan; JapaneseDownloads: 22

TSVP Veteran Voices: Jack Watson (Bayonet) - Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History InitiativeWhen Jack Watson joined the Marines during WWII, he was trained as a non-combatant radar technician. But when the war in the Pacific needed men with guns on the islands, Jack found himself invading Iwo Jima. It was tough going. Bloody and traumatic. To this day he barely talks about what he saw and had to do to secure the island from the Japanese. This audio short story is a production of the Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Initiative. The original interview was recorded January 7, 20...Keywords:Veterans; Pittsburgh; WWII; Iwo Jima; US Marine CorpsDownloads: 38

Cracking Down The Hype On Energy Drinks - U.S. Navy. Bureau of Medicine and SurgeryBy Lt. Melinda Villarreal MS RD LD, MarineCorps Base Camp Lejeune."I am a Navy Dietitian, stationed at MarineCorps Base Camp Lejeune. Energy drinks have been fast growing hot topics. The idea to consume energy drinks has been increasingly desirable with those seeking more energy from working long hours or simply more energy for performance. Whatever your reasons may be, being knowledgeable on the adverse effects is important to consider and learning about healthier alternatives is key!"Keywords:Navy Medicine Live Blog; dietitian; Camp Lejeune; US Marine Corps; nutritionDownloads: 3

Yoga: When Upside Down Is Right Side Up - U.S. Navy. Bureau of Medicine and SurgeryBy Barbara Lyon, Naval Medical Center San Diego volunteer yoga instructor."I found that there was an existing interest in providing yoga classes atNMCSD. The USMC Wounded Warrior Battalion-West Detachment was supportive of the idea from the beginning. Betty Michalewicz from the NMCSD Health and Wellness Department was looking for a teacher to begin classes for wounded warriors in the Balboa Warrior Athlete Program (BWAP)."Keywords:Navy Medicine Live Blog; NMC San Diego; US Marine Corps; yoga; physical therapyDownloads: 4

Embedded Psychology With The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit - U.S. Navy. Bureau of Medicine and SurgeryBy Lt. Luis Concepcion, OSCAR Psychologist, 3rd Marine Division."Officially I was the first greenside psychologist assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), a Marine Air-Ground Task Force specializing in amphibious operations in the Asia-Pacific region, during their spring 2014 float to South Korea. Unofficially, I was the only psychologist for the 31st MEU and the Amphibious Readiness Group (ARG), including the crews, blueside and greenside, of the USS Bonhomme Richard (BHR), the US...Keywords:Fleet Marine Force; US Marine Corps; psychology; Navy Medicine Live Blog

Sickle Cell And Recruit Training - U.S. Navy. Bureau of Medicine and SurgeryBy Lt. Ian Lang, internist, Naval Hospital Beaufort."Parris Island in S.C. is home to one of two U.S. MarineCorps Recruiting Depots (MCRD), where approximately 20,000 Marine recruits train annually. While this training includes the familiar ropes, bars, and inclined walls, there is another, much more subtle obstacle to the training process: the recruit blood screen. Of the several tests which Marine recruits undergo, perhaps none is as complex an issue as the screen for sickle cell disease."Keywords:sickle cell disease; NH Beaufort; US Marine Corps; Navy Medicine Live Blog